Calm yourself, Bruce!
We have knife enthusiasts who make their living in this business and do not read EVERYTHING they can get their hands on?
Yep, it's true. Here's my reason. After a few years of the same recycled stuff, the same "HOT" makers over and over again, and nothing of real substance to me as a veteran full time knifemaker, why should I keep reading it? Just to look at the ads of other makers, and see pictures of the factory knives I really have no interest in? I am also a maker of some of the finest fountain pens on the planet, and I don't subscribe to Pen World, Stylus, or Penna either. It's because I don't need to see another Montblanc or Visconti or Parker pen ad to do what I do. It's pointless to keep reading something if A. it doesn't serve you as a professional, and B. you don't like it.
We have people who cancel subscriptions or refuse to read a magazine over a misspelled word?
Bruce, KI had spelling and grammar problems several years ago, and it's obvious that it hasn't changed. It's unprofessional and sloppy. Of the pen and motorcycle magazines I've read, I rarely see the same kind of mistakes. What if I gave one of my knives a sloppy finish, or gaps in the handles? Nobody is expecting perfection, but when an ordinary Texas hick like me can find lots of spelling errors, a professional journalist certainly should.
Don't worry though. I doubt KI will see a large drop in subscriptions. Most people are used to it, and the others are just venting here.
And I don't refuse to read KI, Blade, and TK. I've occasionally looked at them at the news stand, and have bought them when I found something of interest.
We have people in our industry who say they don't read KI, but still, years later, feel compelled to comment about a magazine, by their own admission, they no longer read?
You mean that we who don't read KI can't comment on a thread on this forum to which we do subscribe about why we don't read it? I don't think you own any of my knives, and you've certainly not purchased any from me recently, but if I post pictures of one here on BF I think it would okay for you to comment on it. BF is, after all, a discussion forum.
And because of a misspelled word or a grammar mistake or two we have people within our industry who wish the demise of a publication that promotes their industry?
I think that you'll find that the vast majority don't want KI to fail, but I'm sure a lot wish it was edited in a better manner.
Is just me, or is this as stupid as it sounds?
No. I've found this thread interesting. I suspect others have as well.
And Kevin, you're saying that I should buy magazines I don't like and don't find particularly useful to my business just because they promote knives? (Neither KI or Blade promote just custom knives, but knives in general.) If I follow your logic I must take every knife, every pen, every motorcycle (because I've made a few custom MC parts), every furniture (because I've made damascus parts for custom furniture), and every jewelry (because I've made a few pendants and earrings) magazine that's out there just because they promote those things, even though they may never cover the things I make! I can forget about making that damascus barrel for my High Standard!
David
